Etiket: profiling
Police do criminal, not racial profiling, says Yves Francoeur
Called to testify in a lawsuit alleging systemic racial profiling, Montreal Police Brotherhood President Yves Francoeur strenuously rejected the prosecution’s claim that there were more than 17,000 unfounded police stops…
Racial profiling | “We are on the move”, swears Dominique Ollivier
The new police chief, Fady Dagher, and the number 2 of the municipal administration, Dominique Ollivier, defended the recent actions of the City of Montreal, Thursday, at the trial of…
Collective action | Fady Dagher admits before the Superior Court the existence of racial profiling
(Montreal) Could the candor of Fady Dagher cost the City of Montreal 171 million? Posted at 6:29 p.m. Pierre Saint-Arnaud The Canadian Press The new director of the Service de…
SPVM chief Fady Dagher promises ‘profound changes’ to end racial profiling
The director of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), Fady Dagher, acknowledges that Montreal police officers still do racial profiling, but says he is more determined…
Collective action against racial profiling | Valérie Plante and Fady Dagher subpoenaed
Exceptional event, Mayor Valérie Plante and her police chief Fady Dagher will testify in court in the coming days, in order to explain their actions in terms of racial profiling,…
Châteauguay: a resident claiming to be a victim of racial profiling demands an apology from the police force as well as financial compensation
A Chateauguay resident who faces eight counts related to a traffic interception that occurred in the spring of 2020 while driving his wife’s vehicle claims to have been the victim…
A resident of Terrebonne sues the City and 18 police officers for racial profiling
In an “unprecedented” case, the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) is turning to the Superior Court of Quebec in the hope of…
Racial profiling | Quebec is appealing the judgment on the end of random interceptions
(Quebec) The Legault government is appealing the judgment ordering the end of random interceptions of motorists, an arbitrary power that serves for some police officers as “safe conduct for racial…
Filing of two class actions for motorists victims of racial profiling
On the strength of the major judgment rendered last month in Quebec which invalidated the police power to make roadside interceptions without cause, two class actions have been filed to…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | In the blind spot of the fight against racial profiling at the SPVM
The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), like other police forces in the province, claims to have initiated a change in culture with regard to racial profiling.…
[Éditorial de Marie-Andrée Chouinard] Racial Profiling: Eliminating the Lag
A sign that racial profiling practices are no longer tolerated in angry silence, the number of police ethics complaints dealing with this issue and roadside stops has almost doubled since…
No, racial profiling is not acceptable
Quebec Premier François Legault can be daunting at times. Posted at 9:00 a.m. The Superior Court has just rendered an important decision on Tuesday in the matter of racial profiling.…
Racial profiling: random arrests sometimes necessary, says Legault
Random arrests are sometimes necessary, pleads the Prime Minister François Legault, in reaction to a judgment which will prohibit the police from intercepting motorists without reason in order to fight…
Racial profiling: the CDPDJ welcomes the historic decision of the Superior Court of Quebec
The Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) welcomed on Wednesday the decision of the Superior Court of Quebec prohibiting random roadside interceptions, with…
Hope for more changes after judgment on racial profiling in traffic stops
The judgment which invalidates in Quebec the power of the police to arrest motorists without reason has shown the way forward in the fight against racial profiling, the Canadian Civil…
Racial profiling: no more interceptions without cause, orders a judge
The police will no longer be able to intercept motorists without cause, ordered the Superior Court in a major judgment denouncing racial profiling against the black community. “As a society,…
Anti-Racial Profiling Ruling | End of interceptions could cost lives, say police chiefs
Preventing patrol officers from intercepting motorists at will, as the Superior Court has just ordered to limit racial profiling, will harm road safety, according to the Association of Quebec Police…
Major Superior Court decision on racial profiling
Major decision in matters of racial profiling: the Superior Court orders the end of interceptions of motorists without real reason. This arbitrary power serves for certain police officers as a…
Soon the end for random roadside checks in Quebec, deemed “vectors of racial profiling”
A Quebec judge has just signed the death warrant for random roadside interceptions, rendering a major decision in a case where it was submitted to him that this police practice…
Criticism of Islam and racial profiling | PQ candidates caught up in controversial remarks
A Parti Québécois candidate recanted on Tuesday after having made criticism of Islam in the past, while another deleted a tweet from last November in which she wondered “why do…